Combined pencil holder and sharpener



Sept. 17, 1929- J. M. STONE COMBINED PENCIL HOLDER AND SHARPENER Filed Dec. 11, 1928 QM too Jami/Milan Patented Sept. 17, 1929 moon M. sronn or nn nonAno, ARKANSAS e y COMBINED PENCIL HOLDER nivn snanrnnnn I Application filed December 11, 1928. Serial 110,325,239.

The invention relates to pencils and has as an object the provision of a combined holder and sharpener. p

It is a further object ofthe invention to provide. a holder for a pencilrcarrying a pencil sharpener and having means to feed the pencil through the sharpener whereby the point maybe exposed for use. 3

It is a further object of the-invention to provide a clip carried by the holder and foldable to position'for retaining the holder in the pocket of the user and also movable to a position to serve as a handle in the operation of sharpening thepencil. g

It is a further object of the invention to provide a holder in the form of a cover for the pencil whereby the pencil may be used down to a short length, the holder providing means of unchanging length for manipulating the pencil; I

Further obJects of'the invention will appear from the following description when read in connection with the accompanying drawings showing an illustrative embodiment of the invention and wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation showing the clip folded upon the'pencil; I

Fig. 2 is a side elevation upon an enlarged scale partly broken away and showing the clip extended to serve as a handle for the pencil sharpener; and

Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are'horizont'al sections on lines 83, l 4, and 55, respectively, of Fig. 1. I

As shown the device comprises a tubular envelope 10 desirably formed of thin metal having internal grooves 11, shown as two in number, desirably formed by outwardly pressing the metal of the envelope, the external ribs 12 produced in the formation of the internal grooves desirably terminating at a point as 13 midway of'the length of the pencil, thus producing slots 14, through a portion of the length of the envelope, the

* separation of the envelope by theslots 14;

providing a spring action to the lower portion of the envelope. v i

A pencil sharpener is shown in the formof a conical portion lfi having a cutting edge 16 of a usual form but in thisprescntfling vention assuming the form of a spiralfupon the conical portion 15, the point of the cone jbeing cut away at 17 to permit thepoint of the pencil to protrude. The pencil sharpener further comprises a cylindrical portion i 18 which'may be joined to the portion '15 as by right hand threads 19 or which may be brazed or soldered to the conical portion'15,

if desired. k I

The cylindrical portion 18 of the sharpener is shown as formedlwith a'groove 19 adjacent its open portion cooperating with aninter nal head 20 upon the ends of the portions into whichthemember 10 is sep-; arated by the slots 14.

To feed the pencil through thle sharpener the cylindrical porti0n18 is shown as flfornied with internal sharpened threads 21 which cut into the wood of the' pencil; producing threads in the wood thereof, -and thereby feeding the pencil to the sharpening edge 16 causing the lead to project through' tlie open To cause revolution of the'pencil in-the cylindrical portion 18 and threads 21," there is shown a cap '22 having sharpened internal threads which isfto be screwed upon the up; per end of the pencil 23 preparatory to intro ducing the same into the holder. The cap-22 is shown as formed; with; wings 2 l 'desirably, formed by an outward deformation of the material of cap 22but which may be formed by adding material to theoutside of the cap. The wings 24; are adapted to slip into the slots 14 and into the internal grooves 11, th'e cap 22 telescoping within the cap 10.

end ofthe tubular member 10.":

'An eraser 25 may be inserted in: the open 2 A combined clip and handlefor the sharp theexterior Yof eylin der 18. As shown the s ears 27 are perforated, which perforations en? gage studs 28 carried by the cylinder '18. at diametrically opposite points.

' h any ofmeinber 2c is shown as ter-- minatin at to perinittli e member 26 to swing to position .perpend etilar to the de vice and the device when folded occupies the position shown in Fig. 1 with the member 26 in contact with the holder.

To retain the clip in the position shown in Fig. 1, the member 26 is shown as provided with lips 30 having their ends 31 outwardly flared so as to snap, about the body of the tubular member. The member 26 is provided with the pocket clip member 32 to engage over the edge of a pocket of the user. lVhile the sharpener bearing the member 26 is shown in combination with the tubular container 10 it will be obvious that the sharpener and clip may be applied to a pencil without the mem ber l0, the lips 30 then engaging the surface of the pencil itself when in the position of Fig.1, and still secure some of the advantages of the invention. Therefore where in the following claims it is recited that the member 26 is incontact with the pencil, the tubular member 10 isto be read as the pencil for purposes of coactionwith the member 26 and lips 30.

Since the internal threads of the cap are of the same character as those at 21 inthe sharpener, as for instance both right hand threads, any tendency of the cap to revolve upon the pencil will'only tighten the same thereon. The cap may therefore be regarded as rigidly mounted on the pencil. While screw threads have been shown for purposes of illustration,.as amounting for the cap,

other forms of non-rotatable mounting may obviously-be utilized.

In operation the cap 22 is screwed upon the endof a pencil and the end to be sharpened is inserted into the cylinder which is screwed thereon until the pencil is sharpened whereupon the pencil and cap 22 are introduced into the tubular element 10 with the wings 24. lying in the internal grooves 11. The ends of the tubular envelope by virtue of the spring action provided by slots 14 are then snapped upon the end of the sharpener.

When it is desired to sharpen the pencil to feed moreleadfrom the opening 17, the clip member 26 is swung to the position shown in Fig. 2 and utilized asleverage to hold the sharpener stationary, revolution of member 10 causing revolution ,of the pencil within the threads 21 to feed the pencil through the sharpener. The clip 26 may be then swung to the position shownin Fig. 1 and placed in the pocket of. the user, the member 32 thereof engaging-over the edge of the pocket to prevent escape therefrom.

Minor changes may bemade in the physical embodiment of the invention within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit thereof.

I claim: I

1'. A combined pencil sharpener and clip comprising, in combination, a sharpener having a cutting edgeand internal screw threads adapted to cut into the wooden port-ion of a pencil and thereby feed the pencil against the cutting edge, a member pivoted on said sharpener to swing to a posit-ion perpendicular to the pencil and to a position in contact therewith, a pair of clips carried by the member adapted to engage about the pencil to hold the member in contact therewith.

2. A. combined pencil holder and sharpener comprising, in combination, an internally screw threaded sharpener, a pencil holder revolubly mounted upon said sharpener, means independently mounted upon a pencil adapted to telescope in said holder and means to prevent relative rotation between said pencil carried means and said holder.

3. n combined pencil holder and sharpener comprising, in combination, asharpener having a cutting edge and internal screw threadsto feed a pencil to said cutting ed e, a tubular casing removably androtatably engaging said sharpenensaid casing having internal longitudinal grooves,a cap rigidly engageable with the pencil and telescoping in said casing, projections carried by the cap slidable in said grooves whereby rotation of the casing relative to the sharpener will feed the pencil to said cutting edge.

4. A combined pencil holder and sharpener comprising, in combination, a sharpener having a cutting edge and internal screw threads to feeda pencil to said cutting edge, a tubular holder member removably and rotatably engageable with saidsharpener, a cap member to be rigidly mounted on a pencil, said cap and pencil telescoping with said tubular member, one of said members provided with a longitudinal groove and the other member with a projection sliding in said groove to prevent relative rotation between said members whereby relative rotation between said holder and sharpener may feed the contained pencil through the sharpener.

. 5. A combined pencil holder and sharpener comprising, in combination, a sharpener having a cutting edge and a cylindrical portion formed with internal cutting screw threads to feed a pencil to the cutting edge, a holder having a longitudinal slot to provide a resilient-ly, expansible portion at an open end, a circumferential bead and a circumferential groove one carried by each of said portions coact-ing to mount the holder removably and rotatably upon the sharpener, an internal groove in said holder forming a continuation of saidslot, a cap to be rigidly mounted on the pencil and a projection carried by the cap slidable in the slot and groove to prevent relative rotation between the pencil and holder.

6. A combined pencil holder and sharpener com arising, in combination, a sharpener element having a cutting edge and internal cutting, pencil feeding screw threads, a holder element rotatably mounted on the sharpener, a member to be non-rotatably mounted on a 

